Netanyahu said on Friday that Israel is considering "other ways" to bring the hostages home. Witkoff had earlier claimed that Hamas is blocking progress in current talks and said it may be time to try something new.

Neither Netanyahu nor Witkoff gave details about what steps could come next. However, both are clearly frustrated by the lack of progress and seem to support a tougher approach.

This could mean stronger actions, possibly political or military, are being considered as pressure builds to resolve the crisis.